Chapter 1749: Stay away from people of right and wrong

With the Song Wu case closed due to alchemy poison, Pure Yang Zhenren knew things were not good.

Sure enough, not long after, Emperor Yuanding issued an imperial decree reprimanding the Jade Spring Palace, saying that alchemy was infinitely harmful and alchemy poison harmed people's lives. He didn't say how to punish them, but this decree alone was enough to make the Jade Spring Palace suffer a devastating disaster.

"Desolate" was not enough to describe it.

There were no traces of people on the mountain paths, and even the tenant farmers at the foot of the mountain didn't dare to go up the mountain easily, fearing they would touch bad luck. The Daoists who went down the mountain to purchase supplies would encounter white eyes wherever they went.

Life in the Jade Spring Palace was difficult.

Pure Yang Zhenren was restless and submitted a letter of apology, hoping that Emperor Yuanding could show mercy. He also promised that from now on, the Jade Spring Palace would close its mountain gates, practice with concentration, and no longer sell alchemy.

The letter of apology was submitted, and after half a month, there was news.

Emperor Yuanding only replied with one word: "Allowed!"

Pure Yang Zhenren sighed immediately.

It was clear that Emperor Yuanding was taking revenge for the Jixia Academy next door, revenge for closing the mountain gates back then. This idea, even if one thought with their toes, could guess that it had something to do with Zhao Jichong.

Chen Guanlou avoided people and went to the Jade Spring Palace.

At that time, the Jade Spring Palace had already announced to the outside world that it was closing its mountain gates, practicing in seclusion from then on, and would no longer refine alchemy.

Chen Guanlou asked Pure Yang Zhenren, "Really not refining alchemy?"

Pure Yang Zhenren nodded, "Just take this opportunity to adjust. The Jade Spring Palace having this disaster was already destined."

"Do you want me to help you take a trip to the Jixia Academy? They are bullying people too much. If it really doesn't work, I'll help you find someone to plead for mercy in front of the Emperor."

"No need!" Pure Yang Zhenren refused, "Right now, His Majesty and the Jixia Academy are getting along very well; pleading for mercy is not only useless but will instead anger His Majesty. It's better to wait two years! I don't believe the Jixia Academy next door can continue to be arrogant. The place next door was already divided by half of its fortune, and wanting to return to the glory of the world's number one academy in the past is a dream. As long as I am alive for one day, I won't allow them to be proud for long."

Chen Guanlou became interested immediately, "Old Daoist, do you have a way to clean them up?"

"Cannot be said, cannot be said! Feng Shui and numerology are mysterious and unpredictable, cannot be said."

"God-like and rambling! Even if you don't say it, I can guess one or two. In short, if you have any difficulties, just speak up. You and I are brothers of different fathers and mothers; no matter what, I can't watch you suffer!"

"Since you can't bear to watch me suffer, why don't you pay back the debt."

"That won't work!" Chen Guanlou refused decisively.

Friendship is friendship, debt is debt; they cannot be confused.

No matter how down and out the Jade Spring Palace is, it is still richer than him. Having been in the Capital for many years, these Daoists have ways to make money and have accumulated millions in assets. Even if they close the mountain gates for twenty or thirty years, they won't have to worry about food and drink.

Moreover, the path of martial arts cannot be separated from alchemy.

The Jade Spring Palace's alchemy is recognized by the world as having the best curative effect. They cannot refine and sell alchemy on the surface, but they can't be controlled in private.

He doesn't worry at all that the Jade Spring Palace will be poor and destitute.

Pure Yang Zhenren is very disdainful, "You, you just speak nicely. When asked to pay back the money, you show your true colors."

"Caring in words is much better than not asking at all. Old Daoist, don't have so many requirements. After the storm subsides, I will come to visit you again. If I find out that the person who stole the poison is the Jixia Academy, I will definitely flatten them."

"Don't be impulsive! The Jixia Academy has a Grandmaster sitting in town; how can you be presumptuous."

"A half-baked Grandmaster, a Grandmaster who became one by taking alchemy, I don't fear him."

"Not so!" Pure Yang Zhenren whispered to Chen Guanlou, "The Jixia Academy has a real Grandmaster, not that alchemy-taking Grandmaster."

Chen Guanlou was shocked, "When did this happen? Why don't I know? There is no news in the Capital at all."

"Because that Grandmaster didn't break through in the Capital. I found out that the Grandmaster had been practicing in seclusion outside for decades, and I don't know when he broke through. But he is indeed a Grandmaster. He came back once two years ago. The Jixia Academy kept this matter strictly hidden, but the palace must know about it. Now, I don't know if this Grandmaster is in the Capital. You must be careful and don't have conflicts with the Jixia Academy again."

Pure Yang Zhenren is sincerely thinking for Chen Guanlou, fearing that he will confront the Jixia Academy and bring about the Grandmaster's pursuit.

Chen Guanlou accepted this favor.

Then he teased, "You are separated from the place next door by a mountain, yet you know their news very clearly."

Pure Yang Zhenren laughed, "I have my own news channels; don't ask."

"According to what you say, the Emperor's heavy use of the Jixia Academy has something to do with that Grandmaster."

"Naturally, it has a relationship. People in the world don't get up early without profit, and the Emperor is even more so. Why does he only heavily use the talents of the Jixia Academy? Just to compete with the Government Affairs Hall? There are many people who can be used; it doesn't have to be the people of the Jixia Academy. I think there is some other interest transfer."

Pure Yang Zhenren didn't cover for the Emperor, spitting out everything that should and shouldn't be said, seeking a clear mind.

Chen Guanlou pondered for a while and began to question him, "Why didn't you tell me until today that the Jixia Academy has a real Grandmaster? Why did you keep it from me before?"

"Keeping it from you is naturally for your own good. Telling you now is also for your own good." Pure Yang Zhenren speaks with conviction, "You don't mix in the Jianghu, nor do you mix in the scholar circle. Why get involved in the right and wrong of these two circles! Just stay out of it! You walk your Yangguan Road, they walk their road, there is no need to get entangled together."

"You are really thinking for me!"

Chen Guanlou said sarcastically, without any intention of blaming him.

He and the Jianghu seem to be separated by only a layer of window paper, but in reality, they are very far away.

The distance between him and the scholar circle is even further away by ten thousand miles.

He walked a path of martial arts that no one had ever walked before. On the path of martial arts, he is that unique lone wolf, not forming a group with anyone, nor has he ever asked anyone for help.

A path that belongs only to him!

Pure Yang Zhenren's martial arts cultivation is not good, but his vision is vicious.

He knows that Chen Guanlou possesses secret treasures and must have had strange encounters, and the cultivation techniques he practices are also a bit strange. But he never asks, and he has never even probed.

The two were able to form a friendship naturally because their temperaments were compatible.

Just as Chen Guanlou never asked about his martial arts cultivation, he also never asked about martial arts-related matters. Unless one party takes the initiative to bring it up. This tacit understanding has existed since the first time they met.

Pure Yang Zhenren's hope that Chen Guanlou stays away from the Jixia Academy is true.

"The people of the Jixia Academy come from both the Jianghu and the scholar circle. Both circles have their connections. You don't need to have contact with them. Now that the Jixia Academy has a Grandmaster sitting in town, you should stay away from these people of right and wrong even more.

You just stay in the Heavenly Prison with peace of mind and be your Prison Warden; that is better than anything else. The world doesn't understand your choice, but I think your guarding the Heavenly Prison is a very smart approach. Whether it is the Jianghu or the scholar circle, they all fear the government. A bunch of people who bully the weak and fear the strong!" ===== CHAPTER 1750 =====